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HUGH M. MARSH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BROOM-MAKING MACHZNE.

Tooll whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH. M. MARSH, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. Y

The invention relates to machines for making brooms comprising a body of corn strands and a handle, the body of corn strands being bound together, in the operation of the machine, by a pair of clamping plates which also provide a socket for receiving the handle and into which socket the machine preferably inserts and secures the handle.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine capable of rapidly and efiiciently producing brooms of improved construction.

The invention is exemplified in the structure to be hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which a Figure 1 shows in front elevation a broom-making machine embodying the features of the invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, some of the parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same; Fig. 4 is a plan sectional view' taken on the hue 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section taken on theline 5 5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a detail central vertical longitudinal sectional view of the machine, some of the parts being shownin elevation; Fig. 7 is a sectional view illustrating a des tail shown in Fig. 6, drawn to an enlarged scale; Fig. 8 is an inverted lan sectional viewgtaken on the line 8-8 0 Fig. 1; Fig. 9 is 'a vertical cross-sectional View taken on the "line '9-9 of Fig.6; Fig. 10 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line10+10 of Fig. 1; Fig. 11 is a plan view of one of the clamping plates employed in the construction of broomssuch as are produced by the machine; Fig. 12 is an end view of the same; Fig. 13 shows a pair of clamping plates similar to the single one illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12, but formed and fitted together after themanner effected by the machine in the production of a broom; Fig. 14 shows a rivet of the form which may be employed by the machine for securing the clamping plates illustrated in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 19.09.

Application filed May 1,1909. Serial No. 493,323.

Fig. 13 together upon the. body of corn strands constituting the head. of a broom;

Fig. 15 is a detail central vertical longitudinal sectional view illustrating parts of the machine located above those parts illustrated in Fig. 6; Fig. 16 is a detail plan s'ectional view of the machine taken on the line 1616 of Fig 2; 17 and 18 are perspective views illustrating details of the machine more particularly shown in Figs. 3,

15 and 16; Fig. 19 is a perspective view illustrating a hopper employed upon the machine for receiving a quantity of broom handles and mechanism for inserting the handles'into brooms produced by the machine; Fig. 20 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 20-20 of Fig. 19; Figs. 21 and 22 are detail central vertical longitudinal sectional views of the machine illustrating parts of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 19; Figs. 23 and 24 are detail sectional views illustrating a clutch mechanism employed upon the driving shaft of the machine; Fig. 25 is a detail cross-sectional view taken on the line 25-25 of Fig. 2,v and showing hoppers employed upon the machine for supplying a quantity of rivets which enter into the construction of the broom produced by'the machine; Fig. 26 is a detail vertical sectional View illustrating one of the rivet hoppers shown in Fig. 25, some of the parts of the hopper being shown in side elevation; Figs. 27 and 28 are detail sectional views taken on the lines 2727 and 28-28, respectively, of Fig. 26; Fig. 29 is a plan sectional view taken on the line 29 '29 of Fig. 1;' Fi 30 is similar to a detail of Fig. 10 but shows some of the parts in a different position; Fig. 31 is a perspective view illustrating details shown in Fig. A

8; Fig. 32 is a detail sectional view taken on the hue 3232 of 5; Fig. 33 is sim1- lar to a detail of Fig. 15, but drawn to a larger scale; and Figs. 34 and 35 are detailsectional views taken, respectively, on the line 34-34= of Fig. 4 and'3535 of Fig. 15.

A. pairof relatively-movable oppositelyfacing pressure heads 50 and 51 are included 1n the construction of the machine as shown.

Preferably the face of each of these pressure for binding the body of corn strands and i the handle of the broom together. Asshown,

spring latches 52, carried by the pressure adapted to register with apertures b in the clamping plates 'A when the latter are seated in the die plates. Preferably the aper tures 53 of the lower clam ing head 51 are counterbored to the back 0 the die plate 48 carried thereby, as shownat 53 (Fig. 15).'

The parts of the machine are carried by a suitable framework. As shown, this framework comprises a base plate 49, upright standards 54, 55, rising from the base plate 49, and rectangular frame members 56, 57 (Figs. 2 and 3) extending rearwardly from the standards 54, 55, respectively. The rearwardly extendin frame members 56, 57, tied together at t eir rear ends by apt-ransverse frame member 58, and intermediate their ends by tie-rods as 59. One of the pressure heads, as 50, is rigidly secured in position between the standards 54, 55, and is downwardly facing. This pressure head thus serves as a tie member for firmly uniting the standards 54, 55, adjacent their higher ends. The companion pressure head 51 is upwardly facing and is mounted for vertical movement between the standards 54, 55, below the stationary pressure head 50.

As shown, the pressure head 51' constis tutes the top plate of an open rectangular frame 200, the side members 201, 202, of which run in slideways 60 and 61 (Fig. 29), respectively, formed on the inner faces of the standards 54, 55. The bottom member of the frame 200 takes the form of a T-shaped cross-head 200*, which connects the members 201 and 202 at their lower ends and carries at the foot of the T a cam-engaging roller 203. Y A carriage 62 is mounted for horizontal sliding movement in ways 62 formed upon the back of the pressure head between the higher ends of the standards 54, 55. A

plurality of drill spindles 63, and spindles 64 for rivet-setting tools 65, each equal in number to the number of apertures 6 provided in one of the clamping plates A, are mounted for vertical sliding movement in the carriage 62. 'The members 63, 64, of each set of spindles are adapted to be brought alternately into register with the apertures 53 of the pressure head '50 by horizontal movement of the carriage 62 in the wa s 62 rovision is made for inserting rivets, as X (Fig. 14), upwardly into the broom structure held between the pressure heads 50 and 51, through each of the apertures 53 in the lower pressure head 51. To this end a tilt .the plungers 71.

ing rivet carrier 66 is provided, and is preferably mounted for vertical sliding movement within the frame 200. As shown, a yoke-shaped member 66 extends horizontally across the frame-200, and has its ends 68 slidingly mounted in vertical slideways 69, 70. (Fig. 29,), formed upon the inner faces of the side members 201, 202, of the the t-runnions .67 and maintained in an up-- right position ,by means of a bar 77, which extends upwardly from the bracket 213 and is'adapted to slidingly engage the forward edge 78 -0f the rivet carrier. Preferably the member 77 is secured to the inside face of the side member 201 of the sliding frame 200' adjacent the slideway 69. As shown the member 77 has a rounded lower end 77,

whereby the turning of the carrier 66 to an upright position is effected, during the reds ing ofthe carrier, by a cam engagement between the rounded end of the bar and the forward edge 78 of the carrier. A plurality of plungers 71, equal in number to the number of-apertures 53 provided in the clamping head 51, are mounted in the carrier 66. The outer end of each of these plungers is preferably concave, as shown at- 7 2 (Fig. 7), to provide a seat for the head of a rivet X. For supporting the rivet upon this seat a sleeve 73 slides upon the end of each of As shown, each of these sleeves is advanced to a position in whiehit projects beyond the end of the plunger by a spring 74, coiled about the plunger, the outward movement of the sleeve being limited by a set-screw 7 5, which enters a longitudinal slot 76 formed in the side of the plunger,

through the wall of the sleeve.

For supplying rivets to all of the plungers 71 at suitable intervals, a plurality of rivet hoppers 80, preferably equal in number to the number of plungers, are provided. Each of these hoppers, as shown, has a discharge tube 79, and these discharge tubes are preferably so disposed within the machine that when the rivet carrier 66 occupies the inclined position (Fig. 6) at the limit of its downward movement in the frame 200. the outer end of each of the plungers 71 and the corresponding sleeve 73 registers with the mouth of one of the tubes.

Preferably each of the rivet hoppers 80 is supported by a bracket, as 81, secured to the framework of the machine in rear of the standards 54, 55. These hoppers are illustrated in detail in Figs. 25, 26, 27 and 28. As shown, each takes the form of a drum disposed in an inclined osition and having an openable cover 82. 4 ach of the delivery tubes 79 leads out of the lower end of one of the drums, being preferably connected thereto at a point slightly below the axis of the drum, as most'clearly shown in Fig. 26. A channeled slideway 83, capable, of receiving rivets X of the form illustrated in Fig. 14, in an upright position only, as shown by dotted. lines in Fig. 27, extends through each of the drum'SO from end to end in line with the mouth'of the delivery tube 79.

Means are provided for agitating the contents of the" rivet hoppers to causetlie rivets to pass the mouth of the channeled slideway 83, and thus continually maintain this slideway filled with rivets. As shown, wings 84, 85, are hinged to the side edges of the slideway 83, as at 86 (Figs. 26 and 27). These wings are equal in length to the corresponding inside dimension of the drum 80, and they extend to the sides of the drum, thereby constituting av movable bottom for the hopper, Provision is made for oscillating the wings 84, 85, in such a way that they will occupy alternate ositions inclined upwardly and downward y from the channeled slideway 83, the relation between the wings being preferably such that when one is upwardly inclined its companion is downwardly inclined, as shown in Fig. 27, whereby the rivets X contained within each of the hoppers are caused to roll from side to side of the hopper over the slideway 83.

As shown, links 87, 88, are connected to the under sides of the wings 84, 85, of'each of the hoppers 80, as at 89, 90 (Fig. 27),. These links extend through a slotted opening 91 in the wall of the hopper below the wings, and they are connected at their outer ends by means of a pin 92. For simultaneously swinging the links 87,88, of all of the rivet hoppers 80, a slide-bar 93 (Figs. 2 and 25) extends across the machine and has its ends mounted in bearing blocks 94, 95, mounted on the side members 56, 57, of the machine frame. bracket members 96, equal in number to the number of rivet hoppers 80, are carried by the slide-bar 93. As shown, the forked end of eachof the brackets 96 engages the pin 92 .employed forconnecting the outer ends of the links 87,88, of one of the rivet hoppers 80. It will thus' be seen that a longitudinal movement of the slide-bar 93 will cause a simultaneous movement of the bottom members or wings 84, 85, of all of the rivet hoppers 80.

Provision is made for permitting the delivery of but one rivet at a time from each of the rivet hoppers 80 into the correspond- A plurality of forked.

ing discharge tube 79, and this at the de sired interval. It is also provided that while the rivets are retained in the channeled slideway 83 in an upright position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 27, their delivery to the tube 79 is in such a manner; that they pass down the tube witlithe-head of the rivet directed downwardly. As shown, the upper portions of the sidewalls .of the channeled slideway 83 of .each of the hoppers80 are extended into the mouth of the corresponding tube 79, as at 97 (F ig. 26). These extensions 97 are apertured, as shown at 98, 99 (Figs. 26, 28), and fingers 100, 101, adapted to project through the apertures 98, 99, are provided for interrupting the movement of the rivets from the channeled slideway 83 intothe tube 79.

Preferably the fingers 100, 101, are spaced apart in the direction of the length of the slideway 83, and that one in the rear, as 1.00, has a forwardly-directed cam face 100*. As shown, these fingers are formed, respectively, upon the upturned side edges 102, 103, of a metal plate 104, pivotally secured to the under side of the channeled slideway 83, at 105. The fingers 100 and 101 are projected alternately into the path of the rivets, leaving the slideway 83, by oscillating the plate 10et upon its pivot 105. T01 this end cam lugs 106 and 107 are formed upon the under side of the wings or bottom members 854, 85, of the hopper 80. These cam lugs 106, 107, are adapted to engage the upturned side edges 102, 103, respectively,

member upon which each is formed approaches the liniitof its downward movement. \Vhen the, plate 104 is moved to the right, as viewed in Fig. 28,11 r'ivet is discharged into the tube 79 by the cam finger 100. )Vhen the plate is moved in the reverse direction the rivets contained within the slideway 83are permitted to move by gravity toward the mouth of the tube? 9 against the finger 101. This finger then serves as a stop for maintaining that rivet nearest the tube in a proper position to'be ejected by the cam finger 100 upon the next movement of the plate 104.

A hopper, generally designated by the numeral 108, is preferably provided upon broon-i 'l1andles, as Y. This hopper is most members 57, 58, 59, of the machine, and from the standard 54, by 111. As shown, it ta'kes'the form of a skeleton framework comprising oppositely-facing inclined trough shaped end members 112, 113, each being upturned and flared ada spacious receptacle. Stops 115, 116, are 1 provided at the inner ends of the trought shaped members 112, 113,-to prevent the as of the plate 104; to oscillate the plate as the wings or bottom conveniently supported from the frame brackets, as 109, 110 andjacent its higher end, as at 11.4, to provide the machine for containing a quantity of cape of the handles from the hopper by gravity, and the upper wall of each of the trough-shaped members 112,

113, is cut away adjacent the stops 115, 116, respectively, as shown at 117, 118 (Fig. 19), to permit the broom handles to be removed from the hopper, one at a time, by being lifted vertically out of the inner ends of the troughs 112, 113.

A vertically-movable carriage 119 is provided for removin the broom handles from the delivery end of the hopper 108, and for supporting the handle received from the hopper at each operation in a. proper position to be inserted into the socket provided by the tubular portions a of the clamping plates A as these plates are held in a position in which they are partially compressed upon the corn strands constituting the body of the broom, by the pressure heads 50 and 51. This carriage also supports an auger spindle 120 for boring out the corn strands at the base of the broom handle socket just described. As shown, the carriage 119 moves in vertical slideways 121, 122, mounted on' horizontal cross-members 59 of the machine frame. The auger spindle 120 is journaled for rota tion and longitudinal sliding movement in parts of the carriage 119 adjacent the vertical slideways 121, 122.

To provide a suitable support for a broom handle Y, the carriage is extended rearwardly beyond the slideway 122, this extension taking the form of a trough 123. Forks 124, 127, are mounted in the carriage 119 for lifting broom" handles, one at a time, from the delivery end of the hopper 108. The arms of one of these forks, as 124, straddle the trough 123. In order that these forks may lift a handle Y from the hopper 108 whenever the carriage 119 is raised, they are laterally directed, and one of the arms, as 126, of each extends beneath the inner end of the hopper. The vertical movement of the carriage 119 is sufficient to cause a handle to be lifted by-the arms 126 of the forks 124, 127, clear of the stops 115, 116. The handle then falls by gravity between the arms of the forks 124,127, into the trough 123, and onto the base of the fork 127, which together provide a seat for the handle in the carriage 119. The handles contained within the hopper 108 move by gravity against the stops 115, 116, when the carriage 119 is lowcred, the movement at othertimes being prevented by reason of the arms 126 of the forks 124, 127, each having a vertically-ex tended side face 126*- designed to serve as a stop against which the handles remaining in the hopper 108 may bear when one is being removed by the forks.

The augervspindle 120 and the seat provided in the carriage 119 for the broom handle Y, are so disposed upon the carriage 119 that the auger spindle 120 is in line with the socket for the handle provided in the broom being produced by the machine when the carriage is elevated in the ways 121, 122, and the broom handle Y supported in the carriage is in line with this socketwhen the carriage is lowered. The augur spindle 120 is, therefore, preferably advanced for boring out the broom handle socket when the carriage 119 is elevated for the purpose of removing a broom handle from the delivery end of the hopper 108-. For advancing the auger spindle, a sleeve 128 is mounted thereon between collars 129 and 130, rigidly secured thereto, as by means of'set-screws 131. The sleeve 128 has formed upon one side an apertured lug 132, which slidingly receives a lever arm 133, having an oscillating'movement, as by being mounted upon a rock shaft 134 which extends across the framework of the machine and has its ends journaled in bearing blocks, as 135, secured to the side members, as 56, of the machine frame. A plunger 136 runs in the trough 123 for ad vancing the broom handle to its seat in the broom being formed by the machine when the carriage 119 is lowered. This plunger is provided with lugs 137 which roject outwardly through slots 138 in the side walls of the trough 123, and have secured thereto a yoke bracket 139. A link 140 connects the yoke bracket 139 with one arm of a bellcrank lever 141, which, as shown, is journaled in a bracket 142 secured to a cross-ha rv 142" of the rear frame member 58 of the machine.

The c-lamping plates A (Figs. 11 and 12) employed by the machine have lateral pro jections 0 adapted to be compressed. upon the sides of the broom head, as shown in Fig. 13. For forming these lateral extensions c of the clamping plates A the stationary pressure head 50 of the machine is preferably provided at each side with a pair of laterally-movable die members 143, 144 (Figs. 1, 8 and 31). The members of each pair are pivotally secured to the under side of the pressure head 50 by a pin 145, and each member is provided with a rearwardlyextending cam lug 146 and with an in wardly-extending die lug 147. As shown,

rearward movement of the members is effected by a spring 148, a single spring being sufficient for retracting both members of each pair. This spring is secured at one end to the pressure head 50, as at 149, and at the other end to a pin 150 firmly secured in the member 143 and extending throug the member 144. In order, however, that forward movement of the two members 143, 144,, of each pair may be independent, a slotted opening 151 is provided in the member 144 for receiving the pin 150. 7

Power is applied to the moving parts of the machine preferably through a driving pulley 152 mounted upon the end of a drivably located upon the median line ofthe machine adjacent its base. and journaled at one end in a bearing block 157, rising from the base plate 49 between the standards 54, 55, and at the other end in a bearing bracket- 158 carried by the rear frame member 58, is intermittently rotated from the driving shaft 153 by means of speed-reducing gears 159, 160, 161 and 162. The"'ear 162 is loosely mounted (in the cam sha t 156, and is adapted to be operatively connected to the cam shaft by means of clutch mechanisn'i,

generally designated. 163. The gear 159 is fixed to the driving shaft 153. The interme-' diate gears 160 and 161 are mounted on a stub shaft 164'journaled at 165 in a'bracket member 166, which'is carried by the driving shaft 153 and the cam 'shaft 156 through having collars 167 and 168 formed upon its ends for. rotatably receiving these shafts respectively. 1

The variousiparts of. the' machine, as shown, are designed to perform the several operations incident to the production of a broom during a single revolution of the cam shaft'156. A foot pedal 169 is therefore provided for closing the clutch 163, and

provision is made for automatically opening this clutch when the cam shaft 156 has made one complete revolution. The foot pedal 169 preferably. takes the form of a bellcrank lever having an upstanding arm 179. It is pivotally supported on the frame of the machine, 7 as by being provided with trunnions 176, which" have bearings, respectively, in lugs 177 and 178 formed on the standard 55.

As shown, the gear 162 is fixed against longitudinal movement on the cam shaft 156, and has formed upon its huba rearwardly-directed clutch face 170. A forwardly-facingclutch member 171 (Fig. 23) is splined to the cam shaft in rear of the gear 162, and'has a circumferential groove 172 formed in its rim. A yoke 173, which, as shown, takes the form of a completering surrounding the .rim of the movable clutch member 171, has instanding lugs 174, 175, which rumin the groove 172. This yoke has formed upon its upper edge a hub member 183 (Fig. 5), and is thereby rigidly mounted upon a rock shaft 180 which preferably extends across the machine immediately over the cam shaft- 156, and has its ends journaled in bearing members 181, 182, carried by the side frame members 56 and 57, respectively.

of the rim of the movable clutch member of suflicient thickness to bear against the face of the gear 162. The rock shaft 180 is turned by depressing the foot pedal 169 to close the members of the clutch 163. To this end a link 184 connects a crank-arm 190 of the rock shaft with the. upstanding arm 179 of the foot pedal 169. A second crank-arm 191 of the rock shaft- 180 is provided .for raising the lever arm 186 and its cam shoe 188 when the rock shaft 180 is turned by the foot pedal. ,As shown, the crank-arm 191 enters the loop of a U-shaped bracket 192, secured to the lever-arm 186 adjacent its pivot. In order .that the raising of the lever 186 may precede the closing of the clutch 163, the hub 183 of the yoke 173 is connected to the rock shaft 180 by a key 297 (Fig. 32), which is of less width than the keyway 305 rovided therefor, whereby the yoke 17 3 wi I not be moved during the initial turning of the rock shaft. Provision is also made for manually arresting the movement of the machine by opening the parts of the clutch 163 at any time, as when some emergency may arise to require it. To'this end a hand lever 193 is pivotally secured to the machine in a conveniently accessible position, asat 194. This hand lever is provided with a portion 195, which projects beyond the pivot 194 from H the body of the lever, and bears upon a slide rod 196, which has a sliding support in the framework of the machine, as at 197, and is directly connected to the yoke 173, as at 198 (Figs. 2 and Preferably all the movable parts of the machine, except the rotating drill spindles 63, the rivet-setting spin For operating the movable clamping head I 51, a disk cam 199 is most conveniently employed. As shown, this cam is mounted on the cam shaft 156 adjacent its forward end between the standards 54, 55, and cooperates with the cam-engaging roller 203. A cam arm 204 is mounted on the camshaft 156 in rear of the diskcam 199 for raising the rivet carrier 66- in the frame 200. A depending bracket 205 is secured to the yoke member 66 which supports the rivet car rier: A curved cam-engaging link 207 is pivotally attached to the lower end of the bracket 205 for coilperating with the cam 

